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Just bought a copy of Carpentaria which I think is the first book in my collection that I learned about from this forum
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My latest reads: Marie-Claire Blais, Soifs. This novel has been translated into English as : These Festive Nights ; into Spanish as ...
Today at 1:14 PM
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How many of these authors listed have got outstanding translations of their works in recent years into English or Swedish? If there's an...
Today at 1:13 PM
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I feel compelled, having read more and more of her, to add Ludmila Ulitskaya's name. Her politics entirely to the side (though one can...
Today at 1:12 PM
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I know some people don't like her, but I don't really get why. What specifically do people have against her? To be clear, I've read...
Today at 9:32 AM
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While I was quite pleased with Fosse last year, I'd be very disappointed with another European (excluding Krasznahorkai...). Time is...
Today at 7:46 AM
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They might reward an Israeli writer with a strong pacifist stance though! (also, I think it's important to make a distinction between...
Today at 7:45 AM
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* Epic trumpet and percussion noises * Dear fellow obsessed readers, it's time to leave my cave and come back to you so that my Nobel...
Today at 1:05 AM
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Looking forward to this year's discussion. Although I'm not completely writing off Europe, I think this year's laureate will be from...
Today at 1:05 AM
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Agree about Marías. I hope they award an ageing great writer like Adonis or Lobo Antunes* before it's too late... *I keep having doubts...
Yesterday at 3:47 PM
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I have a strong feeling this will be an Arab or Arab-speaking writer's year.
Yesterday at 3:47 PM
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What brings us together now, And what do we have to say? Thank you, @Leseratte, for opening this year’s speculation! I was just...
Yesterday at 7:23 AM
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My favourite thing about the Nobel is when it goes to someone I might never have heard of but who turns out to be terrific – like...
Yesterday at 7:21 AM
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Reminded me of this lovely piece by Wisława Szymborska (justly recognised by the SA in 1996). Teenager (Translated by Clare Cavanagh &...
Yesterday at 7:15 AM
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Apparently, Alison Entrekin has finally finished her translation of Guimarães Rosa's epic "Grande Sertão: Veredas"! The tweet below...
Yesterday at 3:52 AM
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